Chapter 252: Take from the People and Give Back to the People
Some people agreed with Zhou Yong's proposal while others opposed it, and everyone began to express their opinions.
"Captain, it's a good thing to set up a nursing home, but the problem is that it can't be free. After all, there are at least a thousand elderly people in our village. If they all go to a nursing home, we won't even have enough food to eat, not to mention the issue of free medical care..."
The elderly are in poor health, so if a nursing home is established, Zhou Yong intends to set up a medical room.
In this way, if the elderly have a headache or fever, they can get treatment in time to prevent minor illnesses from turning into major ones.
Zhou Yong listened to Sun Qing's words, nodded continuously, and wrote down the important matters one by one.
After Sun Qing finished speaking, Accountant Sun, smoking his pipe, squinted his eyes and spoke slowly: "Zhou Yong's starting point is good. He originally wanted to reduce the burden on the villagers. I'm just afraid that someone will take advantage of the situation and send all the elderly people in their families over. How will the team feed these people then? We need to think of a foolproof plan for these things..."
Zhou Yong nodded slightly, then picked up the huge teacup and took a sip of water. He suggested in a deep voice: "What do you think if we add an age limit?"
After hearing this, everyone exchanged glances. Li Ming frowned slightly and asked, "This is indeed a solution, but the key is where should the age limit be set?"
"Old people over seventy years old."
This was said by Zhou Yong.
People in their sixties are in good health and can still work, so they don't have to go to a nursing home.
"How many elderly people do we have who are in their seventies and upwards?"
This question was asked by Li Baotian.
"There are about a hundred people. We need to check the household registration book to find out how many people there are..."
Li Hongjun pondered: "Even if we support more than a hundred elderly people, it will be a considerable expense for the brigade every year. Don't forget that it also involves free medical care, plus the staff who take care of them. I estimate that it will cost several thousand yuan a year."
Zhou Yong whispered: "We take from the people and give back to the people. Huaixi Village is what it is today because of the hard work of all the villagers, so we have the responsibility to give back to the villagers..."
Accountant Sun nodded in agreement: "That's absolutely right."
Li Hongjun glanced at Zhou Yong, who was full of big ideas and said, "I understand what you said. The key is where does the annual expenditure of the nursing home come from?"
It is easy to set up a nursing home, but it is difficult to maintain it for a long time.
Li Baotian said: "The brigade now has a lot of assets, which is normally enough to keep the nursing home running."
Li Hongjun nodded: "Uncle San, if you say so, I have nothing to say. Let's raise our hands and vote!"
Zhou Yong said: "There is no need to rush to vote, let's solve the difficulties and problems one by one..."
The matter has not been discussed to a clear conclusion yet, so there is no need to rush to vote.
Everyone continued to discuss the topic of nursing homes. Zhou Yong listened quietly and occasionally added a few words.
The meeting lasted more than three hours, and everyone's buttocks were numb from sitting.
With a creaking sound——
The office door was pushed open and the people from the commune came in and were startled.
"Are you in a meeting?"
Li Baotian hurriedly stood up and greeted him with a smile.
Someone from the commune came to inform Li Baotian to go to the commune for a meeting tomorrow.
The message was conveyed so thoroughly that the people in the commune left without even a sip of water.
Li Baotian returned to his seat and everyone continued the previous topic.
The matter had some progress by five o'clock, and was finalized by seven o'clock.
Zhou Yong's proposal was passed unanimously, and after the meeting, everyone went home in groups of three or four.
The next day, after breakfast, Li Baotian rode his bicycle to the commune, while Zhou Yong stayed in the brigade office for the whole morning.
Li Baotian didn't come back until the afternoon. When Zhou Yong saw his father-in-law's unhappy face, he knew that something bad was going to happen.
Things turned out just as Zhou Yong had guessed. Due to the slow progress of family planning work in Huaixi Village, the higher-ups decided to send people to the village to assist Zhou Ling in her work.
Zhou Yong frowned: "The work is progressing slowly? Aren't they executing according to the requirements?"
Li Baotian glanced at Zhou Yong and said, "You don't know how terrible the family planning situation is now. People from the family planning office have entered the village to arrest people..."
Huaixi Village is the quietest among the surrounding villages. Other villages have been in turmoil because of the family planning policy.
Li Baotian was criticized by Xu Jianmin at the meeting today. If he continues to do things perfunctorily, he will definitely be punished.
Zhou Yong poured a glass of water for Li Baotian: "Dad, my senior brother is under a lot of pressure too. After all, so many eyes are on him!"
Li Baotian nodded: "That's right. But what do you think we should do about this?"
What else can I do?
Just continue to pretend to obey but actually disobey. You can't really follow the policy.
If the policy is followed, Huaixi Village will not only be in chaos, but it will also be detrimental to the unity of the villagers.
Li Baotian sighed and rubbed his face with his hands in worry.
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Dad, don't get angry. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below."
Li Baotian glanced at Zhou Yong, who was careless. "That's easy for you to say. The higher-ups have sent people to our village. How can we pretend to obey them but actually disobey them?"
Zhou Yong said calmly: "Dad, don't worry, I'll take care of everything!"
Li Baotian glanced at Zhou Yong and said nothing more.
The father-in-law and son-in-law talked about this matter. Li Baotian went home early without waiting until the end of get off work, and Zhou Yong went to find Zhou Ling.
"Brother, you want me to pretend to be sick?"
Zhou Yong looked at his sister: "It would be best if she can't come to work."
Someone was sent from above to assist Zhou Ling with her work. What if she got sick?
Zhou Yong just didn't believe it. The other party wouldn't find a stretcher to carry Zhou Ling to start the work, right?
Zhou Ling chuckled: "Brother, this is easy, I can just find a result at random. But this won't fool the other party for a few days, then what should I do?"
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Drag it."
Until the other person is dragged away.
Zhou Ling smiled and nodded, indicating that she knew what to do.
Zhou Yong told her: "Don't let others find out if you are pretending to be sick. Go back to see Doctor Shen and get some medicine. Then come back and ask me to reimburse the medical expenses..."
Zhou Ling perked up when she heard this: "Brother, don't worry, I promise to complete the task."
Zhou Yong looked at her sparkling eyes, raised his hand and hit her head. Zhou Ling cried out and covered her head.
"You can buy medicine for your mother-in-law, but don't buy too much. Otherwise, I won't reimburse you..."
Zhou Ling was not embarrassed even though her little selfishness was exposed.
"Brother, don't worry, I know what to do."
Zhou Ling has to go to work every day, and when Zhao Min is working, he will send the child to his mother's house.
Zhao Min's mother is not in good health and has to take various medicines all year round.
Zhou Ling is in good health, so she thought of taking this opportunity to buy some medicine for her old grandmother, as a token of appreciation.
Zhou Yong glanced at his sister, turned around and left Zhou Ling's office to do other things.
Zhou Yong didn't return home until it was completely dark. He went into the house, washed his hands and started eating.
"Zhou Yong, when are we going to invite Accountant Sun and the others to our house for dinner?"
In fact, this dinner should have been invited a long time ago, but things have been happening one after another recently, so the dinner has been postponed again and again.
"Dad, let's do it tomorrow!"
Li Baotian nodded: "Okay, Dad will go and inform them after dinner."
Zhang Guifang looked at Zhou Yong and then at Li Baotian: "Is tomorrow too late? How about the day after tomorrow? In addition to beef and mutton, we also have some spare ribs at home..."
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